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On Feb 28 16:18, Eric Blake wrote:
> > On Feb 28 07:30, Eric Blake wrote:
> > > This version fixes the coreutils bug in pwd when called from /, or from
> > > anywhere in the // hierarchy.  [...]
> > 
> > What happened to the simple, but *always* working idea to call getcwd in
> > pwd to evaluate the current working directory?  The new implementation
> > looks a bit maniac.
> 
> Ergo, this is an *experimental* release!  I _purposefully_
> crippled the working getcwd implementation to give the
> readdir fallback code more exposure (and to root out
> bugs in the coreutils fallback code).  When cygwin 1.5.20
> comes out, I will remove the cripple, and /bin/pwd will
> once again be a super-efficient call to getcwd.

Uh, I see.  Thanks.


Corinna

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